Today a friend described Love, Actually as “a movie in which everyone behaves as if they have a severe head injury—I always have a great time watching it.” And having just rewatched You’ve Got Mail…I think this might just be a Genre of Movie.

A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.

BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…” Read that again.

And the 25th!

The invented drone attack on Putin's residence is another pretext to justify Russia's war. Putin has done this before, including in 2022 and 2014, and he will do it again if he gets the chance. This is why RELIABLE security guarantees are critical for a just and lasting peace.

More war crimes! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

Small businesses and farmers are filing for bankruptcy at record levels… Prices of basic necessities continue to rise… They refuse to publish the job numbers to show you how bad things are… Then there are the Epstein files… Meanwhile, in the White House, he’s planning for another inauguration…

Donald: "Putin wants to see Ukraine succeed" Prez:

💔 Soldiers of Ukraine’s 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade, defending Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast, shared footage of shattered residential buildings after Russian strikes and street fighting. It’s a stark look at what was once a vibrant town now reduced to ruins by Russia’s war. 📷 116ombr/Facebook

Not in Chicago.

Trump commuted the sentence of a convicted healthcare fraudster who was serving 20 years for a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme, one of the largest in U.S. history, and that person has since been arrested again on new criminal charges.

Immigrants are not the reason there’s a housing crisis. They’re not the reason ERs are full and people don’t have healthcare. They’re not the reason food is so expensive. They’re the scapegoat. As long as you blame immigrants, you won’t realize the 1% are taking everything.

So this man is having Chad-affirming surgery?

I feel a little bad whenever I see an AI "artist" talking about having their AI prompts stolen, because the rocket full of people I'm going to shoot into the sun is already packed WAY over cargo capacity.

It would be nice if Congress decided to exist and rein in this blatantly illegal activity. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

Whose inauguration?

Just. Not. Done.

Fascist insanity.

“There is palpable fear throughout the community… now if you’re an immigrant you’re not going to call law enforcement when you’re the victim of a crime…” ICE has detained nearly 6,000 people in Tennessee alone - most NOT violent criminals. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...

I don't hear MacKenzie Scott bitching that people don't like her online

“She broke the news herself, by announcing on Instagram and X on Christmas Day that she could now return to the US, and specifically thanking the State Department’s Joe Rittenhouse, a senior adviser on consular affairs and former Trump presidential campaign worker, for his help.

Whose inauguration is he planning???

Nothing about this quote about a “ballroom” suggests “peaceful transfer of power.”

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

"One major question, going into 2026, is which party will speak for the Americans who abhor the incursions of AI into their lives and want to see its reach restricted. Another is whether widespread public hostility to [AI] even matters given all the money behind it." - @michellegoldberg.bsky.social

CNN has added this update to their story about the alleged CIA drone strike in Venezuela:

As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.

Look ahead promptly to how this will affect Vote By Mail this fall.

Planning for the investiture after canceling the election, believing he has the fortitude to persevere

The succeeding in question

UPDATE: grandpa also sometimes burns a covert action

The US is at war with Venezuela. No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity. US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.

“Vouchers,” lordy

This won’t turn out well. nypost.com/2025/12/29/m...

“Over the long Christmas break, the president of the United States may have leaked classified information about a secret military operation targeting Venezuela, and did so while calling in to a New York radio show – hosted by a ‘Marty Supreme’ cast member – to brag…

really love this summation of the movie

To hell with gang of eight oversight. This should be condemned by every member of Congress. It's an act of war and as bad as Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The Felon's blowing up of boats in the Caribbean and Pacific are crimes.

Eisenhower ~ "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed" The military is using Hellfire missiles in the Pacific at a cost of $150,000 to $220,000 apiece.

“Is he dead yet?” should be the first question asked at every White House press conference. “OK, but it’s happening soon, right?” should be the second. And then maybe “how fucked are you all once he’s dead and can’t pardon you anymore?” if they’re still at the lectern

This is what Trump was referring to regarding a US strike inside Venezuela. A significant development and not likely the last. Many more small ports there are supposedly used for drugs: www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

So the President did disclose a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela. And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

Oh look. Another of the wars Trump claims to have stopped. Ish.

One was supposed to give Melania a pass because *at least* she was loving and protective of Barron. Wonder how that one turned out…

An attack in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution. Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

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